The “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop 24-Hour Pick Up Basketball Marathon” will be held this weekend to raise money to build basketball courts in some of the poorest countries in the world. The event was organized by Brian Smith, a 2010 graduate of the University of Colorado-Denver who played basketball at Dakota Ridge High School and Otero Community College.

Smith has built basketball courts around the world, including in Uganda and Nicaragua.

The event begins at 5 p.m. Friday at Central Christian Church of Denver, 3690 Cherry Creek South Dr. and runs until 5 p.m. Saturday. Organizers are asking for $5 donations, and single players are welcome as are teams of five who call ahead of time at 720-394-2011.

Vincent Carroll is The Denver Post's editorial page editor. He has been writing commentary on politics and public policy in Colorado since 1982 and was originally with the Rocky Mountain News, where he was also editor of the editorial pages until that newspaper gave up the ghost in 2009.

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